AP World History: Modern

Units and exam weighting

1. Unit 1: The Global Tapestry 8–10% of the exam
   State-building in Song China, Dar al-Islam, South and Southeast Asia, the Americas, Africa and Europe, c. 1200–1450.
2. Unit 2: Networks of Exchange 8–10% of the exam
   The Silk Roads, the Mongol Empire, the Indian Ocean trade, trans-Saharan routes, cultural and environmental consequences of connectivity.
3. Unit 3: Land-Based Empires 12–15% of the exam
   Expansion and administration of the Ottoman, Safavid, Mughal, Qing and Russian empires; belief systems, c. 1450–1750.
4. Unit 4: Transoceanic Interconnections 12–15% of the exam
   Technological innovation, exploration, the Columbian Exchange, maritime empires, internal and external challenges, changing social hierarchies.
5. Unit 5: Revolutions 12–15% of the exam
   The Enlightenment, nationalism and revolutions, the Industrial Revolution and its spread, industrial economies and society, c. 1750–1900.
6. Unit 6: Consequences of Industrialization 12–15% of the exam
   Rationales for imperialism, state expansion, indigenous responses, global economic development, economic imperialism, migration.
7. Unit 7: Global Conflict 8–10% of the exam
   Shifting power after 1900, World War I, the interwar period, unresolved tensions, World War II, mass atrocities.
8. Unit 8: Cold War and Decolonization 8–10% of the exam
   Setting the stage for the Cold War, its spread and effects, decolonisation, newly independent states, resistance, the end of the Cold War.
9. Unit 9: Globalization 8–10% of the exam
   Advances in technology and exchange, disease, environment, economics, calls for reform, globalised culture, institutions.